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Microsoft is really changing my view of them. I find myself loving the time & effort they're putting into developer resources. I guess the sleeping giant wasnt
by twog 14y ago
Microsoft is really changing my view of them. I find myself loving the time & effort they're putting into developer resources. I guess the sleeping giant wasnt sleeping after all
- jules 14y agoAlso interesting that some of the tutorials are showing Linux screenshots. E.g. http://buildnewgames.com/taming-the-svg-beast/ http://buildnewgames.com/taming-the-svg-beast/ shows the graphics being developed in Inkscape on Ubuntu.
- azakai 14y agoAlso, some of the articles mention things that don't work in IE but do work elsewhere (like the ammo.js physics library). I am quite impressed that Microsoft is sponsoring this.
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoAre you using IE9 or IE10? IE10 supports lots of stuff IE9 doesn't.
- azakai 14y agoI'm going by what the article says (it said "doesn't work in IE"). I don't have a windows machine to test on myself.
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoThat's probably because this site isn't strictly run by MS, it's run by another company and "brought to you with support from Internet Explorer". Microsoft's had a big focus on this kind of cross-browser support recently, though. With some of the games made for IE9, they also made sure they worked properly in Chrome, Firefox, etc.
- fourmii 14y agoI feel the same. Here in Boston, they have an awesome facility called New England Research & Development (NERD) where they often host and sponsor lots of tech and startup meetups. They seem to be very active in the Boston startup scene.
- jamesbritt 14y agoThere's a Microsoft store in Phoenix that's been playing host for some user groups lately, and don't think they're all MS-software related.
- RowanH 14y agoI have to agree, the UX Guidelines document of Win 8 apps is really well thought out and put together. (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh465424 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh46542...) - we live in interesting times....
- drhowarddrfine 14y agoExcept the same stuff they're coming out with now, all the other browsers had years ago.
- fraserharris 14y agoMicrosoft has always had great developer resources for their proprietary platforms. Whats changing is they are being forced to embrace open standards/platforms due to market realities.
- navs 14y agoCan the same be said of Adobe? I've noticed Adobe releasing quite a few web based technologies recently. Brackets and Edge being two examples.
- twog 14y agoI think thats a fair comparison to make. They have put out a pretty modern toolset here aimed at frontend developers/designers http://html.adobe.com/ http://html.adobe.com/
- navs 14y agoLike Microsoft they also seem to embrace responsive design.
- ncasenmare 14y agoAdobe's even gotten Flash to export HTML5 animations. (with Grant Skinner's CreateJS library) http://www.adobe.com/devnet/createjs/articles/getting-started.html http://www.adobe.com/devnet/createjs/articles/getting-starte... Who'd have thought Flash would become part of an HTML5 developer's workflow?
- hayksaakian 14y agoThey currently have phone gap and the relayed build service which let's you make an html5 app and build to native for every mobile platform